aroint
English
Etymology
Origin unknown, but sometimes suggested to be connected with rynt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹɔɪnt/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪnt
Verb
aroint (third-person singular simple present aroints, present participle arointing, simple past and past participle arointed)
- (archaic) to dispel, to drive away
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- And aroint thee, witch, aroint thee!
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog:
- Whiskered cats arointed flee,
Sturdy stoppers keep from thee
Cologne distillations.
See also
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